a. Obs. [f. EQUI- + PENDENT.] Hanging in equipoise; evenly balanced.
a. 1640. Jackson, Creed, XI. xxvi. Wks. 1673, III. 550. If the Scales be even or equipendent.
1681. Manton, Serm., Ps. cxix. 105, Wks. 1872, VIII. 74. If the balance be not equipendent, wrong may be done. [In mod. Dicts.]
